
Directing
Lewin Fitzhamon
Born — Died
1869-06-05 — 1961-10-10
Known for
Directing
Credits
48 titles
Lewin "Fitz" Fitzhamon (5 June 1869 – 10 October 1961) was a British filmmaker, who worked as Cecil Hepworth's principal director in the early decades of the twentieth century. His best-known film is Rescued by Rover (1905). Other directing credits include An Englishman Trip to Paris from London (1904), That Fatal Sneeze (1907), The Man and his Bottle (1908) and A New Hat for Nothing (1910). In total, he directed around 400 films.
Known for
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1906
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Heart of a Fishergirl
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5.3Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.
Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
1910
A short comedy about a dog and children chasing a farmer's chickens.
A Day in the Country
1912
Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper
1908
6.1A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Rescued by Rover
1905
Film credits
1900s · 8 titles
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1906
A horse fetches help when tramps attack its master.
Black Beauty
1906
6.5A young woman is abducted and forced to beg from passers-by.
Lost, Stolen or Strayed
1905
A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.
Invisibility
1909
A father saves his kidnapped daughter from the indians.
The Squatter's Daughter
1906
5.3A woman agrees to kiss the winner of a race between a horse and a motorcar.
A Race for a Kiss
1904
A banker's daughter rejects a rich client who then withdraws money to cause a run on the bank.
An Attempt to Smash a Bank
1909
Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.
Briton vs. Boer
1900
Behind the camera
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1906
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Heart of a Fishergirl
—
5.3Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.
Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
1910
A short comedy about a dog and children chasing a farmer's chickens.
A Day in the Country
1912
Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper
1908
6.1A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Rescued by Rover
1905
9.0A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The chase continues onto the surface. The professor meets a group of prehistoric women, who flee when other monsters appear. The professor's wife finds him sleeping in the laboratory, surrounded by fossils, and wakes him with water from a siphon. Its generally believed to be the first film depiction of dinosaurs, here accomplished through the use of simple pantomime costumes. This short film was only viewable at the BFI until youtuber coldcrashpictures paid money to release it digitally on his channel.
Prehistoric Peeps
1905
A short film in which every time a beggar sells his dog it returns to him.
The Dog Came Back
1909
A captured detective is rescued by a dog.
The Detective in Peril
1910
A horse fetches help when tramps attack its master.
Black Beauty
1906
A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.
His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision
1900
An Englishman travel's abroad
A Trip to Paris
1904
A countryman buys a stubborn donkey and has trouble.
Tomkins Buys a Donkey
1908
6.0A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.
The Jonah Man; or, The Traveller Bewitched
1904
Biopic about the composer.
Georges Bizet
1927
Biopic about the composer.
Georges Bizet
1927
6.4A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.
The Doll's Revenge
1907
6.5A young woman is abducted and forced to beg from passers-by.
Lost, Stolen or Strayed
1905
A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.
Invisibility
1909
7.0Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.
When Tilly's Uncle Flirted
1911
5.8Two young men help two girls escape.
Tilly's Party
1911
5.8Two young men help two girls escape.
Tilly's Party
1911
A boy and his dog trail a gypsy who kidnapped his sister.
Children of the Forest
1912
A boy and his dog trail a gypsy who kidnapped his sister.
Children of the Forest
1912
A dog saves children from drowning and reconciles their parents.
Daddy's Darlings
1913
6.0Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who's also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.
The Tunnel Workers
1906
6.0Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who's also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.
The Tunnel Workers
1906
5.0Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.
A Seaside Girl
1907
4.6Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.
Tilly and the Fire Engines
1911
A drunkard has a vision of everything turning into bottles.
The Man and His Bottle
1908
A father saves his kidnapped daughter from the indians.
The Squatter's Daughter
1906
Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon.
A Fisherman's Love Story
1912
A star player is kidnapped by the opposition. However, they are foiled by his girl-friend, just in time for him to get to the match and score the winning goal.
Harry the Footballer
1911
5.3A woman agrees to kiss the winner of a race between a horse and a motorcar.
A Race for a Kiss
1904
A banker's daughter rejects a rich client who then withdraws money to cause a run on the bank.
An Attempt to Smash a Bank
1909
'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)
A Seaside Introduction
1911
Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.
Briton vs. Boer
1900
4.6Two romantic suitors avoid their wet-blanket chaperone by way of the titular hedge.
The Other Side of the Hedge
1905
5.7As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.
That Fatal Sneeze
1907
Some gossiping women exaggerate the priest’s gift to a little girl.
What the Curate Really Did
1905
